Two automated ticket booking systems on the city's suburban railways are expected to be integrated soon to allow commuters to use just one smart card to travel on all public modes of transport in the financial capital. Currently commuters on the suburban railways use the Automated Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) or the 'Go Mumbai' smart card to purchase unreserved tickets. read more »
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In Mumbai, on Juhu Tara road, two women were groped outside a five-star hotel on New Year’s Eve. However, the Santa Cruz police denied receiving any complaint. Witnesses said a group of boys, who were drunk after partying on Monday night, committed the act. This is the second such incident in the past few years. Earlier, a tabloid had carried pictures of a young woman being molested at the Gate read more »
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The Maharashtra Government will shortly notify around 3,000 hectare mangroves area and suburbs as ‘protected forest’. read more »
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Nameplate after nameplate; chowk after chowk, the Sena wants to eliminate the memories of the British Raj and replace them with Indian, specifically more Maharshtrian names. rnrnThe latest on their casualty list is the newly inaugurated Metro subway at Dhobi Talao which was thrown opened its gate to the public on Thursday. The word ‘Metro’ which ironically means ‘a subway system’ hasn’t gone read more »
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She is remembered as the fiery Queen of Jhansi, a warrior who carried the torch of nationalism, born into a conservative Maharashtrian family.

Today, the Maharashtrian legacy lives on in this close-knit Jhansi colony. And from the heart of Little Maharashtra, a question comes for Raj Thackeray, the man whose 'Me Mumbaikar' campaign has targeted North Indians. read more »
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The "exodus" of north Indians from Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's tirade against them has affected industry operations, a business lobby said on Thursday. read more »
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Ever wondered, who painted those Beanbag ads on the walls around the city? Well, here's who.

Farouq Ansari the owner of Dolhpin Beanbags, took over his fathers ailing bean bag business 7 years ago. Today he is among the highest sellers of Bean Bags in the city. He has been featured by the ET for his innovative Advertising technique!

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Civic chief’s affidavit to HC says places serving hookahs are violating licencing conditions, BMC to conduct raids

Restaurants serving and selling hookahs in the city will soon have to shut shop, as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to impose a ban on hookahs in restaurants. read more »
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The countdown to No Honking Day on April 7 has begun and Mumbai Traffic Police, in coordination with a host of other organisations, have begun appealing to motorists, especially drivers of taxis, autorickshaws and two-wheelers, to refrain from using their horns on this day, hoping to raise awareness on noise pollution.

As the campaign arouses interest, people have been left wondering how they read more »
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Localised festivals seem to have caught the fancy of Mumbaikars. After Bandra, it is now the residents of Andheri who will celebrate their neighbourhood. A four-day festival called Apli Andheri with the theme ‘Where Communities Meet’ will be held from May 1 to 4. read more »
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Once upon a time in Mumbai, people threw gala parties. Their guests were known to deck up and flit across town from one shindig to another, magically changing ensembles on the way. DJs were demi-gods and the social circuit was forever buzzing with excitement. Then came in the dreadful deadlines and several other restrictions and ever since, Mumbai, the most happening city in India, seems to have read more »
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Big nations are talking about reducing carbon emissions by going green or opting for a low carbon economy. But, as individuals, we too can make a difference. Some simple steps to reduce carbon emissions: read more »
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There's not much that the inhabitants of Dharavi can't recycle. Every day thousands of workers in India's most crowded slum--600,000 people squeezed into 500 acres (200 hectares) in the heart of Mumbai--shred plastic, mend clothes, strip computers, sort and bundle paper, fix machinery, flatten cardboard and clean and crush glass. The level of specialization is extraordinary. In the workshop of read more »
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For the first time in its history, the meet will be organised simultaneously at San Francisco and Ratnagiri in January next year. In an editorial in his party mouthpiece Saamna, the firebrand leader said, “I do not want to be a part of the controversy over the literary meet. I never attended such meets in my life. read more »
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